Growth Metrics

Photronics (PLAB) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Photronics (PLAB) has 16 years of Return on Sales data on record, last reported at 0.27% in Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Sales fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.27%; the TTM value through Feb 2026 reached 0.21%, up 22.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.21%, 26.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.27% in Q1 2026 per PLAB's latest filing, down from 0.32% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.32% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.77% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.12%, with a median of 0.22% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: crashed -106bps in 2024, then skyrocketed 109bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.55% in 2022, then soared by 152bps to 0.29% in 2023, then crashed by -372bps to 0.77% in 2024, then surged by 141bps to 0.32% in 2025, then fell by -16bps to 0.27% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Sales were 0.27% in Q1 2026, 0.32% in Q4 2025, and 0.14% in Q3 2025.